[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2516 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2516

      To suspend temporarily the duty on nonwoven diffusion media.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 29, 2009

  Mr. Graham introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
      To suspend temporarily the duty on nonwoven diffusion media.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. NONWOVEN DIFFUSION MEDIA.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter II of chapter 99 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States is amended by inserting in 
numerical sequence the following new heading:


``      9902.01.00       Nonwoven air        Free         No change        No change        On or before 12/ ''.
                          filter and                                                         31/2011.......
                          diffusion media
                          having layers of
                          fine denier
                          polyester fibers
                          (2 to 10 decitex,
                          with a length of
                          40 mm or more,
                          but not more than
                          80 mm), weighing
                          400 to 700 g/m2,
                          thermally bonded
                          and impregnated
                          in full depth
                          with an adhesive
                          coating,
                          reinforced on one
                          side with a
                          supporting woven
                          open-mesh scrim,
                          used in downdraft
                          spray cabins for
                          painting
                          applications
                          where the media
                          is required both
                          as an air filter
                          and as an air
                          diffuser,
                          providing
                          uniform,
                          nonturbulent air
                          flow (provided
                          for in subheading
                          5911.40.00 or
                          5911.90.00)......

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) applies 
to goods entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or 
after the 15th day after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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